Sports Engulfed By Big Data Analytics

The film Moneyball based on a 2003 book, talks about the Oakland Athletics baseball team whose focus is on the team's analytical, evidence-based approach to improve the baseball team despite its poor revenue system. This film made the plot for professional sport associations to spend big on analytics. Analyzing data points captured by video cameras around the stadium uncover patterns that coaches and players might miss. Data can also be collected by wearable devices to help prevent injury by measuring its likelihood. So, companies need to follow get up and move up to the major leagues of Big Data. But predictive analytics can decrease efficiency as supporting analytics platform records, analyzes and visualizes trends. Read more about this article at: http://www.tibco.com/blog/2015/05/26/how-big-data-analytics-are-transforming-sports/